Hao Li's so-called fair trade is not an exchange of equivalent things for the wood of eternal life, but something else.

Everyone figured this out, and woke up like a dream, and looked at Hao Li's eyes full of fear.

Hao Li couldn't hide his evil laughter, and then said: "The value of the Immortal Wood can't be compared even if you add up the lives of all of you, so your lives can only be exchanged for one chance to get it, isn't it fair?"

I heard that most people dare not speak out in anger. Of course, as smart people, they definitely will not take advantage of their words for the sake of a momentary pleasure, so what they have to do is to seek good countermeasures.

Among the crowd, there are also those who are not afraid of death, represented by Yuandu, he stepped forward and retorted: "You are not a fair trade at all, in your eyes, the Wood of Eternal Life is a priceless treasure, and other people's lives are worthless, but in the eyes of others, lives are not priceless." ”

Yuandu's words successfully attracted Hao Li's attention, and he didn't seem to expect that someone would dare to contradict him.

After being stunned for a short time, he laughed and said: "Everyone in the world says that the people of Pudu Temple have the world in their hearts and regard all living beings as equal. Since you said that it is someone else's life, you can do whatever they like with it, and you can't control it. Besides, there are many things in the world that are worth gambling with your life, and if you lose the bet, do you have to complain?"

After hearing this, Yuandu shook his head, and he continued to retort: "Although you have some truth in what you say, the two cannot be confused. When others take risks with their lives, they are willing to do so when they know the risks, while you use treasures as bait to lure others into the trap, which is equivalent to harming people's lives. ”

In the end, Yuandu's voice was a little cold, and he didn't mean to be afraid of Hao Li at all.

The people next to him all sweated for him, and if Hao Li was unhappy, he could take his life at any time.

Fortunately, Hao Li's patience seemed to be very good, and instead of getting angry, he smiled and said, "Well, in order to prove which of what we said is right and which is wrong, how about we take a gamble?"

This remark aroused Yuandu's interest, he was not even afraid of death, and he was not afraid of this trivial matter, so he nodded and said: "I promise you, the donor but it doesn't matter!"

"Refreshing, I didn't even say what the bet was, you just agreed, I like people like you. If you win, not only will you be able to prove that what you said is right, but you will also receive the Wood of Eternal Life unconditionally, on the contrary, if you lose, the truth in your mouth will be nonsense, and at the same time you will have to pay the price of your life. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces became solemn, especially Yuan Qi as a senior brother, but he understood Yuan Du's character, so he didn't stop him.

Ma Fangyu admired Yuandu a lot in his heart, so he didn't want the other party to have an accident, and he was ready to relieve him at any time.

On the contrary, it was Yuandu, who was the party concerned, the expression on his face was relaxed, and he nodded: "I still said the same sentence just now, I promise you, how do you want to bet?"

Hao Li nodded appreciatively, "It's very simple, my Immortal Wood is placed here, a pillar of incense, if there is still someone willing to risk it for it, even if you lose, if no one makes a move for it, even if you win." ”

After listening, Yuandu replied firmly: "Deal!"

This seems to be a fair deal, but in fact it is a hidden mystery, Ma Fangyu figured this out, so he hurriedly approached Yuandu and whispered to persuade him: "Senior Brother Yuandu, you can't agree to this matter." ”

Yuandu asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Ma Fangyu replied: "This is a trap set by him, deliberately luring you to the bait, I am 90% sure that you will lose!"

Seeing that Ma Fangyu was talking very seriously, Yuandu knew that the other party was not joking, but he still wanted to know the reason, and continued to ask: "Why do you think so?"

Ma Fangyu said solemnly: "Think about it, why the other party would bet on the Wood of Eternal Life, in fact, it is to arouse the jealousy of others. In the same way that a treasure as precious as the Tree of Eternal Life wants to be taken for themselves, no one wants it to fall into the hands of others. In this respect, there must be some of these people who don't want you to get the Wood of Eternal Life, so guess what they will do?"

Yuandu seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand, shook his head and asked, "How to do it?"

Ma Fangyu sighed, and then said: "They will inevitably let you lose, and the best way is to take the risk of taking the Immortal Wood within a pillar of incense, so that they will have a chance to get the Immortal Wood and avoid it falling into your hands." ”

After listening, Yuan Du disagreed, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ma's words are categorically correct, but you are only looking at this issue from one angle. I look at it from a different perspective and guess they won't do it. First, they knew the dangers of obtaining the Wood of Eternal Life, and no matter how good the Wood of Eternal Life was, it could not compare to their own lives. Second, since they know that taking the Wood of Eternal Life will take my life, I believe that human nature is good, and they will not hurt the innocent by doing so. ”

Hearing this, Ma Fangyu was stunned for a while, not knowing how to refute. It's not that he can't find a reason, but he has a new understanding of Yuandu.

This made Ma Fangyu realize that he and he were not people of the same world at all, and no matter how many reasons he found to persuade him to give up, he could also say more reasons to strengthen his thoughts.

This is a deep-seated belief that cannot be changed by a person's subjective will, so he does not intend to continue to persuade him, but to wait and see.

Yuandu thought that he had persuaded Ma Fangyu, so he looked away from his body, shifted to Hao Li's body, and said loudly: "I hope you will do what you say!"

Hao Li didn't seem to smile, just nodded, glanced over Ma Fangyu's body, and immediately announced the official start of their bet.

Different people have different thoughts about this matter. Because even if there are exactly the same people in the world, it is very difficult to have exactly the same heart. This is enough to show that the human heart is the most complex thing, and it is difficult to form a unity.

In the beginning, everyone watched each other, and no one made a move, which did not mean that they had given up on the Wood of Eternal Life, but that they were not ready.

It can be said that among these people, there are two groups, one group of people would rather give up the tree of eternal life than harm Yuandu's life, this is the person Yuandu sees in his eyes.

It's just that these people have to be subdivided into two kinds, one is kind-hearted people like Yuan Qi and Bei Qiuwan, who value other people's lives more seriously. The other is people like Ma Fangyu and Bei Xiayan who value love and righteousness, they regard fate as their friends and will never do anything to hurt their friends.

The other group of people would rather harm the lives of others than get the wood of eternal life, and these people are the key to the victory or defeat of this game. The reason why they didn't make an early move was nothing more than an opportunity to make a move, because no one wanted to make a bird.

In this way, as time passed, no one on the scene made a move, and the balance of victory seemed to be tilting to the side of Yuandu.

Even so, Hao Li still looked relaxed and didn't seem to think that he would lose.

It wasn't until the time for a pillar of incense was approaching that someone couldn't wait any longer, only to see a sturdy man leap forward, and land next to the Tree of Eternal Life under the stunned gaze of everyone.

Seeing this person's actions, Yuan Qi shouted, "What are you going to do?"

The sturdy man replied, "I'm sorry, the Immortal Wood is too tempting, and I don't want to miss this opportunity to get it." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Qi's expression turned cold, and he said, "My junior brother spoke up for your righteousness, but I didn't expect you to repay him like this, is your conscience okay?"

Not to be outdone, the sturdy man retorted: "You have to tell me your conscience, jokes, conscience is just the plaything of you people who come from the great sect and think you are superior. If I talk about conscience, I'm afraid I don't know how many times I've died, I only believe in one truth, strength is supreme, as long as there is strength, everything else can be trusted. ”

After that, the sturdy man stopped talking nonsense, and began to learn from the previous person, using his magic weapon to dig up the land around the young seedlings, and wanted to pull up the young seedlings with roots and soil.

Of course, he also absorbed the experience of the previous person's failure, and believed that the previous person's death was because he touched the Tree of Eternal Life, so he was always careful and never touched the young seedlings.

As his move began, it was announced that Yuandu had lost. Yuan Qi and the others looked at the sturdy man, unwilling.

"Hahaha, you still lost after all!" Hao Li pointed at Yuandu and said coldly.

Yuandu clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, I didn't expect that I would lose to the hearts of the people in the end, I am willing to gamble and lose, my life, you take it!"

After that, Yuandu crossed his knees on the ground, closed his eyes, and recited the scriptures calmly, ready to die.

Yuan Qi behind him knew that the matter had settled, and he had no power to return to the sky, so he had to accompany Yuan Du to recite the Heart Sutra.

Seeing this, Hao Li was not in a hurry to take Yuandu's life, his eyes fell on the sturdy man's body, which aroused his interest more than taking Yuandu's life.

In this way, Ma Fangyu, Bei Qiuwan and others on the side breathed a sigh of relief, which gave them more time to plan.

But seeing that the sturdy man had quickly dug a big hole, and was about to dig into the deep part of the young seedlings, and that he had nothing to do, he was finally relieved, and thought that success was in sight, and his face was excited.

However, before he could rejoice, an arm-thick tendrils suddenly poked out of the ground, aiming directly at him.

The timing of this tendrils was just right, just when the sturdy man let his guard down, so he was easily entangled in the roots.

He felt his feet tighten at first, and then he saw the roots snag up his body, tightening up and down.

The sturdy man looked horrified, and subconsciously mobilized all the vitality in his body, wanting to shake open the roots wrapped around his body.

However, although his Yuan Force was strong, he didn't know that the strength of the Root Whiskers was even stronger, and the Root Whiskers were not only not stopped, but also continued to rise along his body until they wrapped his whole body into a rice dumpling.

At this time, there was no longer a trace of the sturdy man, only to see him struggle a few times, and then there was no movement.

After a few minutes, the tendrils quickly withdrew into the field, and the sturdy man seemed to disappear out of thin air, only a faint smell of blood could be heard in the air.

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned except for Hao Li.